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The scientists determined that the planet, which they have called Gliese 581g, has a mass three to four times that of Earth and an orbital period of just under 37 days.
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"I was thinking today that government corruption on this scale is a relatively new concept for the American people to absorb into their very bones. I'm not talking about politicians taking some bribes, I'm talking about wholesale and systemic fraud and corruption in the economic and social systems."
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The officers continued to demand his surrender and explained that the paint would not affect a Taser's capability nor would it cause his death if used.
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David Tepper says that if the economy is good, the market will go up. If the economy is bad, The Fed will print more money and devalue the currency, and the market will go up. Nobody questions the obvious disconnect (since when can you borrow your way to prosperity, or debase your way there – and in what instance in history has this ever worked?) but the magical buy-fairy shows up and the markets scream higher, rising nearly 3%.
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"When I read these stories, I cringe. The personal savings rate, like the federal deficit, is a made-up, accounting measure, with no economic content. Its value and changes through time are entirely dependent on how we classify things. For example, counting Social Security contributions dramatically raises the personal savings rate, but lowers its recent growth."
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When Castro declares that the Cuban model no longer works, Mr. Goldberg turns to Ms. Sweig, as if there is something profound to be grasped. He is not saying "the ideas of the Revolution" have failed, she explains, but only that the state "has much too big a role" in the economy. Right, except that the state-owned economy is the idea of the revolution.
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"I'm going to tell it like it is. And what it is is this: statistically speaking women have a huge advantage as entrepreneurs, because the press is dying to write about them, and venture capitalists are dying to fund them. Just so no one will point the accusing finger of discrimination at them."
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Hirshman implies it is because white women are tired of being taken for granted by the Democratic party, and just about everyone else. "The white women didn't boycott the election of 2008 as some hyperventilating commentators predicted. But if the Gallup polls are right, the Democrats may get a chance to see what it's like to run for office when women are staying home," she says ominously.
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Greer, who had a negative experience with commenters on the original “Too Few Women In Tech? Stop Blaming The Men” article, shared her somewhat meta perspective, “We’re on a panel for a blog that just got acquired for a bunch of money, that is run by a woman. [TechCrunch CEO] Heather Harde is proof that we can be successful too.”
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Less than 20% of the speakers at Disrupt [the conference] are women, rapper/CEO Chamillionaire is the only black, and there aren't any Latin@s. Just 8% of startup founders are women,* only 1% are African-American. Blacks, Latinos and women have all lost ground at Silicon Valley tech companies, and Intel's age discrimination is front-page news.
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President Barack Obama served as the closing act Tuesday for a rock-n-roll, fire-up-the-troops extravaganza on the UW-Madison campus — a giant rally meant to recapture the excitement of the campaign trail and bridge the so-called "enthusiasm gap" among younger, Democratic voters.
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Here's a new one for the cyber age: When women in tech hold a provocative panel discussion about being women in tech, Twitterers call it a "catfight." Elaine from Seinfeld would be livid.
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A draft of the legislation, leaked by The Hill yesterday, would give the FCC authority to adjudicate Net neutrality violations on wireline networks on a case by case basis, but would stop the agency from shifting broadband from a Title I information service to a Title II telecommunications service.
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Trade unions said they had called rallies in 13 capitals from Lisbon to Helsinki, while Spanish unions held a general strike to oppose measures such as spending cuts and pension and labor market reforms intended to stave off economic crisis.
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The Tea Kettle movement can’t have a positive impact on the country because it has both misdiagnosed America’s main problem and hasn’t even offered a credible solution for the problem it has identified. How can you take a movement seriously that says it wants to cut government spending by billions of dollars but won’t identify the specific defense programs, Social Security, Medicare or other services it’s ready to cut — let alone explain how this will make us more competitive and grow the economy?
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An analyst from Citigroup or Citibank announced on Monday that the Federal Reserve System is doing too much, while the Fed has failed to accomplish its goals to increase inflation or interest, which are different things. In addition, he was critical of the Fed's efforts to regulate the Bernanke.
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Spain struggled to cope on Wednesday with its first general strike in eight years as a day of labor unrest began across Europe, reflecting fears of unfamiliar austerity in lands once seen as among the world’s most cosseted.
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I haven't seen the new Twitter yet but IBN's got a preview.
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"The woman, identified by neighbors as Margaret Matthews, was released from police custody without being charged, on the grounds that she acted in self defense, police said."
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The golden ratio, 1:1.61803399, is very important in mathematics and has show up in architecture, art and design from ancient times. The number has gained a rather mystical nature about it since it can be found in the proportions of the Egyptians pyramids or the Greek Acropolis. Since the Renaissance, the number has been studied and applied to works of art as way of creating pleasant proportions. In Twitter's case, the number plays a role when designing the two-pane layout of the "New Twitter."
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For the fourth straight year, the majority of Americans say they have little or no trust in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. The 57% now saying this is a record high by one percentage point.
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Among likely voters, Republicans now hold a three-point lead in the generic-ballot test for control of Congress, down from their nine-point lead last month.
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Militants based in Pakistan were planning simultaneous strikes in London, as well as cities in France and Germany, according to Britain's Sky News.
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"But I recognized Whitman tonight as a species I got to know all too well during my dotcom days: the dull, untutored powerpointillist with a genius for changing the subject the moment her talking points start to fail. The second time you're using the old Einstein's-definition-of-insanity chestnut in one night is twice too many."
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Must see graphic of Spider-Man.
Michael B. Duff 
Why do your links not behave properly in Firefox’s tabbed browsing? If I ctrl-click (which should open in a new tab but not switch to it), it opens a new tab and switches to it. (Clicking opens in the same tab, as expected.)
Chrome works normally.
Scott K
September 29, 2010 at 23:54
“When Castro declares that the Cuban model no longer works […]”
Except that he was startled to learn that he’d said that, having intended to say that capitalism no longer works. People keep analyzing it as though it’s a quote of what Castro really meant, rather than a absentminded (or possible senile) slip.
Randall Randall
September 30, 2010 at 06:26